Re:StackOverflow
by mathattack on Saturday March 03, 2012 @12:57PM
(#3660611)
Much of the power of SO comes from twin occurrences:
1) Most answers are well indexed on Google.
2) They are right often enough that seeing SO in the search results generates a click over other options.
The net is a very high brand value. Hard to monetize by putting up a pay wall and hard to beat too. Network effects suggest that one service with a million users beats ten with 100 thousand each.
1) Most answers are well indexed on Google.
2) They are right often enough that seeing SO in the search results generates a click over other options.
The net is a very high brand value. Hard to monetize by putting up a pay wall and hard to beat too. Network effects suggest that one service with a million users beats ten with 100 thousand each.